Post 227. Cecil Filmers-Ferrers of Taplow-Court-Buckinghamshire.
Page 71..........
The heir male od such a house as this [ as the one of the Ferrers of Derby], would be worthy indeed to take his seat among the ancient barons of the realm. And yet the existence of such a line outside the House of Lords serves to remind us that in England a simple country gentleman can still look down in calm disdain, from the heights of immemorial Noblesse, on the scramble of the newest of peerage dignities or for these baronetcies which are fast becoming the peculiar prerequisite of the nouveau riche [ i.e. the Pizza, Souvlaki and Massage-Parlour Barons].
According to C.F.F, see page 74 of " Armorial Bearings...............", it appears that he was in 1899 the senior representative of the Ferrers Line de Derby, through Willam Ferrers of Taplow Court, County Buckinghamshire ( tempore Henry VII ), heir male of Edmund, brother and heir male of William Ferrers, 6th Lord Ferrers de Chartley, last Baron of the name, prior to the take-over by the Devereux through their marriage to an only heiress.
Is it possible that the Devereux were against the Stewart Dynasty, probably having been stounch supporters of the Plantagenets prior to the Lancastrian take-over?
Is it possible that the Stewarts and their closely allied dynasts, created and invested the new Earldom of Ferrers on the Shirleys in spite of the existence of the represenatives in the male line of the original Ferrers of Derby who should have been the recipients of such an Honour?
Should this injustice not be rectified to-day in the climate of increasing concern for the rights of justice above dutyless-freedoms and in view of the increasing realisation that the polluting influence on politics and culture by the new classes of unethical, honourless, irresponsible and unaccountable leaders from the Mafias, should be balanced by parallel governing legislative bodies such as a reformed, independent, free, English House of Lords?
The representatives of the ancient European, Noble Houses should be called to staff these Governing Body in parallel with democratic Parliaments and Senates, irrespective of their wealth, just on the basis and merit of their qualifications and descent.
If/as needed, they should have any required study and /or training for the purpose of habilitating these descendants of the ancient Nobility, to perform their duties in this Houses, financed at public expenses.
Interesting note at page 63-:............
The Ferrers of Baddesley-Clinton----Warwickshire, have always remained stounch followers of the Church of Rome, so much so that they used to hide Jesuit- Priests in cavities behind false walls, still shown to-day to visitors of the Manor.
C.F.F. mentions at page 68, a Ferrers monument located at the Circuit-walk, St. Leonards, Bromley, London, an unusual Ferrers COA, re. the Ferrers of Cookham, Lollabrooks (Lowerbrooks or Lowabrooks ), County of Berkshire, Esq.
I wonder as to whether this still exists.
At page 71, see note + below,..........
The family Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton, though heirs male through the family Ferrers of Tamworth, of the Barons Ferrers of Groby, and by the marriage of Major Edward Ferrers of Baddelsey Clinton, with the Lady Harriet, sister and coheiress of George Marques Townshend, of Raynham, 17th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, and by the male line direct descendants of the Ferrers Earls of Derby, are not the senior heirs male of the House of Ferrers.
The male Line of the Barons Ferrers of Chartley, who descend from Robert Ferrers, the last Earl of Derby of that family, are still living.
This Earl Robert was the eldest brother of the 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby, from whom in the male line come the family Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton.
This error is easy to trace from the fact that the family heirs male of the house of Ferrers of Chartley parted with their last landed-property some eighty years ago, before the publication of the Volumes styled " County Families" " Landed Gentry " &c. and also to Mr. Shirley's work.
[ " The Noble and Gentle Men of England, or notes touching the Arms and Descents of the ancient Knightly and Gentle Houses of England, arranged in their respective counties". Attempted by E. P. Shirley, M.P. F.S.A., 1859, 1860 and 1868 ].
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